Iran denies responsibility for Azerbaijan drone strike

A drone has struck the only airport in Nakhchivan, an Azerbaijani exclave bordering Iran. A second fell close to a school in a nearby village, Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said. The strike would be the first Iranian attack on a Caucasus state since the start of the US-Israeli war on the country. Tehran has denied responsibility, but the strike raises prospect of conflict spreading beyond Middle East Azerbaijan accuses Iran of ‘terrorist’ drone attack on airport that injured four people Airstrikes hit Iran-Iraq border as US and Israeli plan to mobilise Kurds gathers pace Middle East crisis – live updates